Two Seattle Authors Nominated for Not-Orange Prize

The Prize Formerly Known as the Orange Prize, which is now the Women's Prize for Fiction, announced their longlist yesterday. It features two Seattle authors:Alif the Unseenby G. Willow Wilson and Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. The longlist includes some other great books—Zadie Smith's NW, AM Homes's May We Be Forgiven—a couple of fun books including Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, and a book I really didn't like, Sheila Heti's How Should A Person Be? Find the full list over at the Guardian, and add a few of these books to your must-read list. I'm not usually a huge proponent of prizes, but this is a very good selection.